Larry was wrong about a lot of things. He should've just shut up and done his job and allowed things to develop, but he's older and less patient now. Years ago he may have been more willing to take the effort to develop all the young players we have, but he's no longer that man anymore.

When you go from coaching the Pistons with all those vets who know how to play and what to do and actually listen to the coach, it's hard to go to a team with so many hard to coach guys and a lot of young players. Especially a guy like Nate who was so immature.

I'm very happy with Nate's development and I want to see other players on this team get a chance to play. We all saw that Nate seemed to have improved from summer League on, but for whatever reason Isiah didn't really use him as much as you would think given how he was performing in practice and in games.

Posted by Andrew:

I can't remember what LB said about Nate. Doesn't seem like he was super down on him though...

http://gr8life.msnbc.com/2006/04/reason_for_opti.html

Robinson said of Brown: “It was like he was trying to take my joy: ‘Don’t do this. Don’t do that.’ ”
http://http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/sports/basketball/11knicks.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Posted by playa2:

Nate Robinson cannot start in the NBA, becuase the knicks lack a true pg, nate shines as a combo guard, but has too many mental lapses.

Agreed.

This is the problem with this board. A guy has a few good games, and suddenly he's better than Kobe or Tim Duncan.

The use of overstatement to critcize other overstatements isn't really very effective.

Larry thought he was immature.

He was right.

Nate is maturing this year. Larry was right. He needed to mature.

Question is would larry have kept him or developed him?

Isiah has benched him also to make his points.

Nate is maturing and playing BETTER. That makes Larry wrong??

Not everything is frozen. Seems some believe if Layden was here so would that team.

Posted by Solace:

Posted by playa2:

Nate Robinson cannot start in the NBA, becuase the knicks lack a true pg, nate shines as a combo guard, but has too many mental lapses.

Agreed.

This is the problem with this board. A guy has a few good games, and suddenly he's better than Kobe or Tim Duncan.

Name me one person who said that he's better than Tim Duncan and Kobe. Not even 5 of the biggest lovers on earth combined would say that.

Nate has potential. LB was right to say the things that he said. Showing off when your down 20 point at home, not playing pressure D when your coach is yelling at you to pressure the ball, making stupid showboat plays in close games... these are all good reasons to sit your ass down on the bench until you learn that the only thing in the NBA that counts is winning games.

So far Larry has something in common with Isiah, Lenny, Herb and Chaney. They all did a bad job with Isiah's players. Weird

Posted by Allanfan20:

Posted by Solace:

Posted by playa2:

Nate Robinson cannot start in the NBA, becuase the knicks lack a true pg, nate shines as a combo guard, but has too many mental lapses.

Agreed.

This is the problem with this board. A guy has a few good games, and suddenly he's better than Kobe or Tim Duncan.

Name me one person who said that he's better than Tim Duncan and Kobe. Not even 5 of the biggest lovers on earth combined would say that.

Wow people here are dense and can't understand an exaggeration. My point still stands. You guys are very inconsistent.

Btw, this is the same reason I usually win fantasy leagues, when I've played in the past. Usually, at least for the first half of the season, all I have to do is wait for some guy to have a sick streak for a few weeks or some guy to slump real bad for a few weeks. Guys will pay double their value to get the streaky player or get half their value in return to get rid of the slumping player.

[Edited by - Solace on Jan 28 2008 11:35 AM]

Posted by Solace:

Posted by Allanfan20:

Posted by Solace:

Posted by playa2:

Nate Robinson cannot start in the NBA, becuase the knicks lack a true pg, nate shines as a combo guard, but has too many mental lapses.

Agreed.

This is the problem with this board. A guy has a few good games, and suddenly he's better than Kobe or Tim Duncan.

Name me one person who said that he's better than Tim Duncan and Kobe. Not even 5 of the biggest lovers on earth combined would say that.

Wow people here are dense and can't understand an exaggeration. My point still stands. You guys are very inconsistent.

not sure what's wrong w/changing one's tune about Nate if you notice a real improvement in his game... he's now doing what people have been harping on to see him start doing since he got here... he's actually playing smarter, making better decisions w/the basketball, & being an energizer off the bench in games... he's still got a ways to go before he grows into some star calibre player but it's encouraging at least to see him getting better... it's just a matter of acknowledging the obvious... not sure how anyone could have watched the guy play of late & not admit that he's shown some signs of finally getting it in terms of how he needs to play to have a positive impact on this team... the exaggeration on your part was obvious to everyone i'm sure.